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Phila man convicted of killing Atlantic City man in 2019


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A Philadelphia was convicted of in the 2019 killing of an Atlantic City.
Avery Bracey was arrested in January 2019, after a crime spree that left a 21-year-old man dead, another wounded and included brandishing a gun at the local Popeyes.
Police were called to the Sunset Inn at 8:44 p.m. Jan. 4, for the report of a shooting.
When officers arrived, they found Ky’Lee Haynes wounded inside the Sunset Inn. He was taken to AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s City Campus, where he was pronounced dead.
Bracey, now 39, also was accused of coming into the Popeyes at 1740 Atlantic Ave., ordered food and then pulled out a handgun, before fleeing.
There was also a ShotSpotter alert of one gunshot on the first block of North Florida Avenue. Police found no victim when they arrived, but a man later walked into the Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his leg. Bracey faces charges in that crime as well.
A jury convicted him Friday of two counts of first-degree robbery, along with criminal restraint, aggravated manslaughter, felony murder, aggravated assault, terroristic threats, attempted witness tampering and weapons offenses., along with drug possession.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 19.

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